Simon Campbell
Musings from an eclectic, eccentric, well travelled and generally funny bloke
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Posted at 2047 hours on 04/11/08 | Posted in Diving, Guest articles
Bad Moon Rising
Until a few years ago, the acronym ‘CCR’ had a very different meaning to me. The 70’s, the US deep south and Fortunate Son: a track which no self respecting helicopter scene in a Vietnam war movie should be without. However more recently, CCR means Closed Circuit Rebreather and has become something of an obsession with me and my fellow explorers at Triton Oceanic. A guest article by my fellow Tritone, Tony Bridge
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Posted at 2032 hours on 05/10/08 | Posted in Business, Diving
Call me ‘Skip’
As we are in the process of negotiating the purchase of a ship, I thought it prudent to continue my nautical education. So this is the brief tale of moving from RYA Advanced Powerboat to Coastal Skipper in something a little bigger than a RIB…
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Posted at 2137 hours on 21/09/08 | Posted in Life, Diving
We are explorers really…
Rather than using standard hotel accommodation, Tony convinced me it was a ‘great idea’ to take his caravan down to Longleat. In the past I have taken the piss out of Tony for this purchase. He keeps telling me its just for Emma (his partner) for travelling along dog agility events). I think its more fundamental. He watched ‘Snatch’ and fancied himself as a Brad Pitt character. But, the question is why the hell are we going Longleat?
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Posted at 2203 hours on 01/08/08 | Posted in Diving
Buoyancy and Trim workshop launched
The British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC), as governing body of the sport in the UK, maintain annual, diving related incident reports for all recreational diving activity. From these it became clear that poor buoyancy has been the cause of an increasing number of incidents…
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Posted at 2236 hours on 05/07/08 | Posted in Diving
Funny wreck the Glanmire…
I have been going regularly to St Abbs now for around five years. In my opinion it has some of the best, accessible, scenic diving in the UK. Its perfect for trainees as the visibility is great and there is plenty to see. There is also a wreck, the Glanmire, which lies around 200m off St Abbs head but every time I dive it people seem to have problems…
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Posted at 1410 hours on 23/06/08 | Posted in Diving
Inspiration insanity
Well I have done it, I have ordered a Big Yellow Box of Death. I really didn’t want to, as the very look of thing fills me with fear, seemingly being constructed out of bits of garden hose and plumbing tackle more akin to bathroom construction than to ‘technical’ diving. [Ed note: Read again, I changed my mind]
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